Paper, 'Nova literaria physico-medica curiosa containing a description of the cereus which flower'd at Norimberg in the year 1730' by Jo [Johann] George Steigertahl Paper on physico-medical curiosities, including a description of the cereus peruvianus [Peruvian cactus] which flowered in Nuremburg in 1730. Translated from Latin by T [Thomas] Stack. Original Latin manuscript found at CLP/10ii/17. Subject: Botany Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Nova literaria physico-medica curiosa; containing a description of the cereus which flowered at Norimberg in the year 1730. Communicated by Jo. Georg. Steigertahl Arch. Reg. Hanor. Prof. Helm. Soc. Honorar. Coll. Med. Lond. & R. S. S. to Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Pr. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Translated from the Latin by T. Stack, M. D'. Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1730 [1731?]. 20 December 1730